Alternatives To Traditional Education

An article in EducateDeviate says, “Alternative education, quite simply, means any form of education that takes place outside the traditional schooling system." The article further says, "Traditional schooling' in this context refers to the usual, mainstream forms of schooling – primary school, secondary school, college, university. These are usually characterised by standardised curricula and examinations, as well as a set grading system.”

Resorting to alternative educational methods is becoming increasingly popular amongst parents. In a class of 30 to 40 students, parents believe, that most often, their child does not get the individual attention and care. This is one of the most important reasons parents are choosing to go the alternative way! From home-schooling to Montessori form of education, there are many other educational approaches to learning you can make you child take.

However, this is no trend that you can follow just because a lot of others are. Changing the entire mode of education of your child is a humongous step, and you need to be extremely decisive, serious and considerate about it. Also, it is equally important to understand the signs that indicate that your child needs an alternative mode of education.

This ClipBook compiles the best links from the web about alternative approaches to traditional education. Read through it to learn more about this topic.

Schooling is an important part in every child’s life. Our constitution guarantees the right to compulsory education for all children in India. Although there is a steady increase in the number of children enrolling for education, there is still a ...

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Alternative education as a concept is not widely known in Malaysia (and this blog aims to promote such a concept). But what exactly do we mean by alternative education? Alternative education, quite simply, means any form of education that takes pl...

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Many parents don't realize that the education world has changed drastically since they were in school. Schools and class sizes used to be smaller, dropout rates lower, in-school violence almost unheard of, and teachers weren't terrified of showing...

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Teachers in alternative education use the same words as other teachers but often mean completely different things. Sometimes, they even mean completely different things from each other. When more conventional educators stick to subject matter such...

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While quite a few schools in Chennai rank among the best ones in the country, it comes as a bit of a surprise that many urban parents are doubling up as teachers of their own kids. Chennaiites say that home-schooling is definitely catching up in t...

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For most of Jiddu Krishnamurti’s life what he said and wrote sparked both interest and controversy. His observations on religion, nationalism, tradition, organizations, and relationships often ran counter to the convention of the day. If they are ...

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While we stand right in front, cribbing about and blaming the education system, we fail to come up with constructive solutions to solve this problem. Pointing fingers at the education system and policies won’t help, the need now is to learn from v...

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The National Open School aims at universalisation of education, greater access, equity and justice leading to the evolution of a learning society. The school has a number of distinct features from the formal system of education. In the Open School...

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Rudolf Steiner was a central figure of the occult revival at the start of the 20th Century. He believed he had access to a higher consciousness through a clairvoyant knowledge of the spiritual world. After splitting with Madame Blavatsky and Annie...